Flash Joule heating process recycles plastic from end-of-life F-150 trucks into high-value graphene for new vehicles
Chemists have processed waste plastic from end-of-life trucks into graphene for composite materials in new vehicles.
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Producers and consumers must share burden of global plastic packaging waste
Plastic packaging waste is everywhere. Our plastic bottles, food wrappings, and grocery bags litter the landscape and pollute the global environment. A new study explores the global patterns of plastic packaging waste. The study finds three countries — the U.S., Brazil, and China — are the top suppliers of waste.
Read moreHow simulations could help get PFAS out of soil
Chemists are discovering new information to help remediate ‘forever chemicals’ by showing for the first time how they interact with soil at the molecular level.
Read moreHow a knee replacement impacts the planet
Researchers are quantifying the effects of healthcare on the environment, specifically the particularly waste-heavy and energy-intensive specialty of orthopedic surgery. The researchers reviewed existing literature and found that while data is still sparse, efforts to reduce the carbon footprint of orthopedic surgery could make a huge impact.
Read moreTextile filter testing shows promise for carbon capture
Researchers found they could filter carbon dioxide from air and gas mixtures at promising rates using a proposed new textile-based filter that combines cotton fabric and an enzyme called carbonic anhydrase — one of nature’s tools for speeding chemical reactions.
Read moreEarth-abundant solar pixels found to produce hydrogen for weeks
Devices made of readily available oxide and carbon-based materials can produce clean hydrogen from water over weeks — according to new research. The findings could help overcome one of the key issues in solar fuel production, where current earth-abundant light-absorbing materials are limited through either their performance or stability.
Read moreLessons from the past: How cold-water corals respond to global warming
Corals react to changes in their environment. This is true for tropical as well as cold-water corals and includes, among others, changes in temperature, salinity and pH values. Researchers have now investigated how warmer temperatures occurring as a result of climate change are affecting cold-water corals. For this purpose, they examined in detail how these…
Read moreData reveal 20-year transformation of Gulf of Maine
Two decades of research show a startling transformation of the Gulf of Maine. Many trends point to an overarching pattern: more warm, North Atlantic water is coming in and changing the foundation of the Gulf’s food web.
Read moreScientists find new indicators of Alaska permafrost thawing
More areas of year-round unfrozen ground have begun dotting Interior and Northwest Alaska and will continue to increase in extent due to climate change, according to new research.
Read moreScientists make plastic more degradable under UV light
Scientists found that incorporating sugar units into polymers makes them more degradable when exposed to UV light.
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